Bilingual Education
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For decades, immigrant children have been taught in their native
languages in schools across the country while slowly and simultaneously
receiving English as a second language. But like anything, bilingual
education is not without its flaws. In fact, it's plagued with them.
After many years of bi ....
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.... and academic
pursuits," the students are transitioned into classes which are taught in
English (Sjoerdsma 504K2721). This is, of course, how bilingual education
should work in theory. This is not, however, the case.
Critics of bilingual education say that "the objectives of the
classes are confused, the quality of instruction is poor," and the
"transition" time, when students transition into regular classes, is murky
(Schrag 14). Critics believe that the goals of bilingual education ....
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